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Tariff Issue Still on TIA Front-Burner
March 10, 2010
TIA says it is still working to either reduce or eliminate the added tariff placed on China-made consumer tires by the Obama Administration last September.
The three-year tariff adds 35% to the price of consumer tires exported to the U.S. from China, dropping to 30% in its second year and 25% in the third.
TIA has opposed the tariff from the start. “TIA has been working continuously...
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Brazil-U.S. Cotton Tiff Brings Tariff on Export Tires
March 10, 2010
Putting the tariff shoe clearly on the other foot, U.S. exporters have been hit with an additional tariff by Brazil, a WTO-backed retaliation for what it calls "illegal" subsidies to U.S. cotton farmers.
Brazil’s new tariff structure, set to engage in 30 days baring a last minute agreement between the two countries, hits a wide range of products, including cars (from 35% to 50%...
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TRIB Jumps on Georgia Anti-Retread Bill
March 02, 2010
The Georgia State Legislature is thinking about banning retreads from the state’s emergency vehicles, and TRIB is rallying the state’s retreaders in protest.
Georgia House Bill 981 would expressly ban the use of retreaded tires on state emergency vehicles. There is no word how this bill would impact the use of retreads by county or municipal emergency vehicles.
“We believe...
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N.B. Parents Win Battle, Buses Will Have Winter Tires
February 24, 2010
Transport Canada has told school districts in New Brunswick to outfit their multi-purpose vehicles with winter tires by the end of this week.
The federal agency acted after concluding an investigation into the safest tire options for 21-passenger buses used by many school districts for sports and extracurricular activities. Transport Canada undertook the investigation at the request of the New Brunswick...
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India Calls for Hefty China, Thailand Tire Duty
February 23, 2010
The Press Trust of India writes that the country’s government is likely to implement an anti-dumping duty on bus and truck radials imported from China and Thailand.
The Commerce Ministry’s Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD), it reports, has recommended a $90 duty per iyre.
"Anti-dumping duty to be imposed on new/unused pneumatic radial tires, with...
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India's ATMA Wants Sharp NR Tariff Cut
February 19, 2010
A memorandum sent by India’s Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) to the nation’s finance ministry outlines the tire industry’s hopes for a reduction in natural rubber duties.
Reuters reports that the memorandum, sent in advance of the national budget, states “the customs duty on natural rubber should be reduced from 20% to 7.5%, lower than the duty on t...
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Winter Tires Mandatory in Alaska?
February 17, 2010
A bill under consideration in the Alaska Legislature would require residents of the state to have winter tires on their cars or trucks from mid-December to mid-March, beginning next winter.
The bill, proposed by Rep. John Harris, R-Valdez, also states that studded tires would be acceptable, as would other brands approved by the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
At a recent hearing, tire company...
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Safety Should be the Top Priority in Tire Labeling: Kwik-Fit
February 05, 2010
Kwik-Fit Fleet welcomes the labeling regulation, and urges fleet managers to keep safety the top priority
The EU has agreed that all new tires sold in Europe from Nov. 1, 2012, onwards must be classified and labeled according to their fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise performance.
Kwik-Fit Fleet comments that this regulation is intended to make fleet operators, company car and van drivers...
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Tit-for-Tat: Duties on Chicken Response to Tire Tariff
February 05, 2010
Chinese officials have fired the next shot in a brewing trade war by slapping anti-dumping duties on chicken products imported from the U.S.
The duties, as high as 105.4%, were placed on whole birds, chicken sausage and other products like chicken feet, a delicacy in China. The China Commerce Ministry said the duties will begin on Feb. 13.
The added chicken duty was the direct result of the Obama...
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Kentucky Bill Proposals, Controversies Threaten Scrap Program
February 02, 2010
Kentucky's scrap tire clean-up program lies in a state of confusion as lawmakers wrangle over proposed changes even as enforcement of the $1 per tire fee is being questioned and the state government has looted the fund to make up general fund shortfalls.
Proposed changes to a bill to extend the scrap tire fee would reduce the Kentucky Division of Waste Management’s ability to use the $2.7...
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TIA Supports Request for Monitoring Tariff Effects
January 29, 2010
The Tire Industry Association said it applauds U.S. Representatives Dan Boren (D-2nd OK)and Kevin Brady (R-8th TX) for their letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk, asking for confirmation that the Obama administration has established a system to monitor the effects of the special tariffs on imports of consumer tires from China.
"There are few issues that have generated as much...
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EU Probes Chinese Wheel Dumping Complaint
January 27, 2010
According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, 60 Chinese companies are being investigated at an estimated cost of US$390 million in economic losses to wheel exporters.
On Aug. 14, the European Commission began an investigation into the alleged "dumping" of Chinese-made aluminium wheels into the European market. The investigation followed Association of European Wheel Manufacturers’...
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India Slaps 10% Duty on Chinese Tire Machines
January 27, 2010
In the interest of protecting its domestic industry, India’s government has implemented a 10% anti-dumping duty on tire manufacturing machinery imported from China.
The country’s Finance Ministry reports that this duty will be imposed upon the landed value of all Chinese produced tire vulcanizers and rubber processing units.
This action was recommended by the Directorate General...
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New York Wants to Extend Tire Fee
January 27, 2010
Looking to clean up remaining tire dumps in the state, New York governor David Paterson wants to extend the state’s $2.50 per tire disposal fee on new tires sold in the state beyond its expected 2010 expiration.
New York Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis said the state has cleared up 80% of 34 million scrap tires at dump sites. The funding, set to expire at...
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Hankook: Tires Meet Aromatic Oil Compliance
January 22, 2010
The European Union has legislated that, as of Jan. 1, 2010, highly aromatic oils with a high polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content may no longer be utilized in tires. In a note from its vice president of sales & marketing, H.S. Ahn, Hankook Tire Europe declares “all E-marked tires sold by Hankook Tire Europe and its EU-based affiliates designated to be used on the territory of the...
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Lawmakers Seek Study of Tire Tariff Effects
January 22, 2010
Lawmakers from Texas and Oklahoma called on Thursday for a government report on the economy-wide effects of the 35% tariff that President Barack Obama imposed on tire imports from China.
"I am concerned that the administration's tire tax will cost us jobs in the United States and raise prices for tires for hardworking Americans," Representative Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican, said in a...
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TIA Aids in Removing Retread Safety Standards From Bill
January 21, 2010
The Tire Industry Association recently stepped forward when an attempt was made to mandate retread safety standards equivalent to the new tire standards in a motorcoach safety bill. Senate bill S. 554, introduced by senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), contained the following paragraph:
(2) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE RETREADEDTIRES - Not later than 3 years after the date...
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WTO Tariff Investigation Begins
January 20, 2010
The World Trade Organization has officially opened its investigation into the added U.S. tariff on China-produced consumer tires imported into the country.
WTO arbitrators will evaluate whether the U.S. tariffs violate rules governing trade among the WTO's 153 members.
These trade cases can take years to resolve, and may result in WTO authorizing sanctions against the U.S.
In September 2009...
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Union Confident WTO Will Uphold Tariff Decision
January 12, 2010
The USW says it has “complete faith” that the World Trade Organization will uphold the Obama Administration’s imposition of an added tariff to consumer tires imported to the U.S. from China.
Over the weekend, the WTO acted on an appeal from China to investigate the three-year, tiered added tariffs imposed on China-made consumer tires last September. The tariffs – 35% for...
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New Battery Regulations Impact Dealers
January 11, 2010
On Jan. 1, U.K. producers of industrial and automotive batteries are required to arrange the collection, treatment and recycling of such batteries, free of charge, if requested by business end-users and final holders.
Key elements of the new regulations include: Requiring any persons placing batteries on the market to register as a producer of batteries, and report on waste batteries collected...
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